Florida Update

I’m still here enjoying my time in Florida. I trained with Randy from Tuesday afternoon until Thursday afternoon. I gave a clinic to his team on Thursday. I loved speaking to his team and demonstrating some swimming techniques in the water. It is extremely fulfilling to share my experiences with others and help them better understand proper stroke technique.

One thing I always wonder after I give a talk is whether or not I touched on the subjects people really wanted to hear about. I try to tailor each of my speeches to the specific audience I’m dealing with but I feel as though it’s hard to ever know for sure if I was successful. My guess is that there will always be people who would have liked to have heard more about something and less about another…and vice versa. Either way, lots of people told me they really enjoyed it so I was happy.

I swam the 50 free last night and swam pretty slow. I went 20.89. Actually that is very slow. At this point of the season I’m just coming off really hard winter training and still continuing to beat myself up in the water. However, the way I look at it is the slower I swim and the more tired I am now…the faster I will go this summer. There are only so many times per year I can swim fast and be totally ready to perform at my max. For now, I am simply busting my butt in the water and in the weight-room so those awesome swims come when they really matter…this summer.

I will be swimming the 100 Freestyle today and the 200 Freestyle tomorrow. I’m thinking about going to St. Pete today after the meet and checking out the ocean down there. It should be fun. I’ll let you know how it goes!